#A85C32#A85C32

#A85C32 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.114 H 47.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85C32
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 50)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 70.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 27.48, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 46.19, 53.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.0765 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.114 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5531, 16.2117, 5.0638)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85C32 #327EA8

analogous

#A83243 #A85C32 #A89732

triadic

#A85C32 #32A85C #5C32A8

tetradic

#A85C32 #43A832 #327EA8 #9732A8

square

#A85C32 #43A832 #327EA8 #9732A8

split-complementary

#A85C32 #32A897 #3243A8

monochromatic

#4A2816 #794224 #A85C32 #CA7A4D #D89D7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#A85C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A85C32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85C32

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85C32	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71662E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.114 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78b6b',
    500: '#a85c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85c32;
$custom-light: #c78b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.356,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55552,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85C32

secondary

#75A6C1

accent

#A9DD4A

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9F0EB

border

#D2CBC6

text

#140C07

muted

#827D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85C32

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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